Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained
| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Championship: | Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 17 February (heats and semifinal)
18 February (final) |
| Venue: | Aspire Dome |
| Location: | Doha, Qatar |
| Win Value: | 23.69 |
| Gold: | Sarah Sjöström |
| Gold Nation: | SWE |
| Silver: | Kate Douglass |
| Silver Nation: | USA |
| Bronze: | Katarzyna Wasick |
| Bronze Nation: | POL |
| Prev: | 2023 |
| Next: | 2025 |
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2024.[1] [2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[3]
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 17 February at 09:32.[4]
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 17 February at 19:50.[5]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | | | 23.90 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | | | 24.01 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | | | 24.24 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | | | 24.44 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | | | 24.51 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | | | 24.65 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | | | 24.71 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | | | 24.72 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | | | 24.74 | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | | | 24.74 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | | | 24.80 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | | | 24.86 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | | | 24.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | | | 24.96 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | | | 25.04 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | | | 25.07 | | |
Final
The final was held on 18 February at 19:46.[6]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 4 | | | 23.69 | |
| 3 | | | 23.91 | AM |
| 5 | | | 23.95 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | | | 24.27 | |
| 5 | 8 | | | 24.50 | |
| 6 | 2 | | | 24.51 | |
| 7 | 1 | | | 24.69 | |
| 8 | 7 | | | 24.79 | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
- Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 24 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240224092039/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
- Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
- Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217090351/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
- Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217170218/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
- Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218165456/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
